Good morning,

Thank you to everyone who came to see us last Saturday. We’re open again from 11am tomorrow, serving hot dogs and cider from 1pm. You can book or just pop along.

Abattoirs are a necessary link in the food chain for meat eaters. They’re often intentionally tucked well out of sight and mind, but in order to make better food choices we could all give local slaughterhouses a little more thought.

We’re very lucky to have a good one only 15 minutes away from the farm. The proximity means less travel-time for the cattle, and enables us to slaughter every week and supply our customers with regular fresh beef. Small abattoirs lend themselves to higher welfare systems - smaller numbers in holding pens means less stress for the animals, and local abattoirs enable less intensive farming, which tends to be more ethical for animal, farmer & the environment.

There has been a drastic decline in small abattoirs because of rising costs and staff shortages. Every closure makes farming in the local area harder and if closures continue at their current rate, there wouldn’t be any small abattoirs left in this country by 2030.

But there has been some good news - new funding for small abattoirs was announced by farming minister Mark Spencer last week. The details haven’t been confirmed but the announcement is very welcome, and signals that our government might be starting to take our fragile food system a little more seriously.

Easter Lamb

We’re taking orders for Nuthurst Lamb boxes for Easter. Each box has a leg, shoulder, cutlet, chops & mince and will fit into a standard sized freezer drawer.

We can also have individual joints so please email if you’re interested.